Coronavirus Live Updates: Over 3,300 cases in 24 hours, death toll now 1,886, 56,000-mark overall

Coronavirus in India Live Updates: India has initiated its biggest repatriation campaign to carry back stranded Indians owing to the lockout of coronaviruses. 363 Indians, stranded in UAE, were brought back on Air India flights that landed in Kerala on the first two flights of the Vande Bharat mission. Many babies and pregnant women included in the flights.

Although most of them were quarantined upon departure, pregnant women and a few others were permitted to exit the airports directly at home. Meanwhile, India's coronavirus count has passed 56,000 while the death toll has gone through 1,800. Over the past few days, cases of coronavirus have seen a large increase with more than 3,000 cases recorded daily.

Overall cases cross 56,000-mark, death toll 1,886 India recorded 3,390 new cases of coronavirus and 103 deaths within 24 hours. 

In India, the total number of cases of coronavirus now stands at 56,342 while the number of active cases is 37,916. Total cases cured or discharged are now at 16,539. India's death toll for coronavirus has risen to 1,886.

Kim Jong Un praises China for Coronavirus Regulation

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un sent a personal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping praising what he described as the success of China's management of its coronavirus epidemic. China is the most powerful partner and economic lifeline of North Korea, accounting for around 90 per cent of the country's foreign trade. With China's COVID-19 easing of the caseload, some analysts claim the North may reach out to China to reinvigorate cross-border trade that has been drastically reduced in recent months.